Cost Captains vs SimplyWise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cost Captains
Generate detailed cost estimates for custom construction projects. This tool simplifies the budgeting process for any building endeavor, providing comprehensive breakdowns to help you plan effectively.
- Detailed cost estimates
- Custom construction projects
- Budgeting tool
- Project planning
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This app will help you generate a detailed cost estimate for any custom construction project.
SimplyWise
Transform a single photo of a client's space into multiple finish options. Visualize different looks on their actual floor, wall, or exterior, and get their decision quickly via a shareable link.
- Visualize finish options on client photos
- Render multiple options simultaneously
- Shareable client decision links
- No client account or app required
- Built for various trade businesses
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Win the job before you start it. Visualizer turns one photo of your client's space into a small set of finish options they can look at and choose from. Photograph the room, describe each option in your own words, and the app renders them on the client's actual floor, wall or exterior. Then send one link. Your client opens the link on any phone, taps the option they want, and you see their pick in the app. No account for them, no app for them to install, no back and forth over text about what "warm grey" means. HOW IT WORKS 1. Photograph the area you are quoting. 2. Add two or three options and describe each one. 3. Render them all at once, in about a minute. 4. Send the link and get a decision. BUILT FOR THE TRADES Flooring, painting, kitchen and bath, landscaping, roofing and general contracting. Your business name sits at the top of every board your client sees. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Open the app and start. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to log into. HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT IS Renders are illustrations of a finish, not construction documents. Confirm materials and measurements before you order. Your photo and the words you type are sent to an image service to produce the renders, and the app tells you that and asks before it sends your photo to the AI service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SimplyWise at every 2 weeks against Cost Captains's every 2 months. SimplyWise also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Cost Captains's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cost Captains against 5.0 for SimplyWise. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Cost Captains ships an update every 2 months, SimplyWise every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cost Captains | SimplyWise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ryan Amamoo | SimplyWise, Inc. |
Customer experience
Cost Captains
SimplyWise
In-app purchases
Cost Captains
No in-app purchases
SimplyWise
No in-app purchases
